A drone has hit the perimeter of Dubai International Airport while a mammoth plume of smoke could be seen rising into the sky from a nearby building this morning.
A video appears to be filmed south of the international travel hub, with the explosion occurring near to one of the airport's terminals after an object fell onto one of the buildings at around 8am local time.
In the footage, the drone could be seen soaring through the sky before disappearing from sight, with grey smoke billowing into the sky moments later.
The UAE Government has since confirmed its air defences have been activated after multiple blasts were heard in the capital city and any and all services have been suspended.
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Other explosions could be heard approximately 30 miles away on the Ras Al-Khaimah coast.
After the airport alert, passengers waiting to board their flights were evacuated from the terminals and hurried down into train tunnels for safety.
Before the explosion, flights were scheduled to operate despite Emirates Airlines announcing operations had been suspended earlier this morning and instructed travellers to not go to the airport.
Local authorities have also paused operations once again following the explosion.
The Government's Dubai Media Office announced: "For the safety of passengers, airport staff and airline crew, operations at Dubai International have been temporarily suspended."
An explosion occurred at the airport at around 8am local time
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Just yesterday, Airlines Etihad and Emirates confirmed a limited service would resume from the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports over the weekend.
With regional airspace starting to open up again, Emirates - the largest airline across the Middle East - confirmed it hoped to restore full network operations.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled over the past seven days since the Iran war began, leaving hordes of Britons stranded out in the holiday and business hotspot.
The Foreign Office has confirmed the latest Government-chartered flight to bring home Britons arrived home at Gatwick Airport overnight.
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The jet took off from Oman's capital Muscat a day after the first flight landed at London Stansted on Friday morning.
Before the blasts were heard, Emirates said early this morning: "Emirates will resume operations. Passengers who have confirmed bookings for this afternoon’s flights may proceed to the airport.
"This includes customers transiting in Dubai, if their connecting flight is also operating," they said, adding they will continue to monitor the situation.
The explosion at the major airport followed the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologising to countries across the Gulf and vowed the Republic would not launch any missiles on their neighbours unless an offensive is launched against Tehran first.
Overnight, new waves of attacks launched across the region took place while the conflict between America, Israel and Iran spirals.
This morning, US President Donald Trump said Iran could face "complete destruction and certain death" and promised the regime could be "hit very hard" today.
Issuing the extraordinary threat, he said: "Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologised and surrendered to its Middle East neighbours, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore.
He added: "Iran is no longer the “Bully of the Middle East,” they are, instead, “THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST,” and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!
"Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behaviour, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time."
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